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Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Frontline management reported an impressive Q1 2024 during the earnings call due to the booming security situation in areas such as the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, which has influenced the company's decision-making.</li><li>Consequently, all Euronav vessels now sail under Frontline.</li><li>However, the earnings were impacted negatively due to disruptions in the Suez Canal passages.</li></ul>

Frontline management reported an impressive Q1 2024 during the earnings call due to the booming security situation in areas such as the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, which has influenced the company's decision-making.Consequently, all Euronav vessels now sail under Frontline.However, the earnings were impacted negatively due to disruptions in the Suez Canal passages.

Frontline Ltd.: Increase In Global Oil Demand & Other Pivotal Growth Drivers

<ul><li>Frontline Ltd had a good financial performance in Q4 2023 even though they didn't witness the aggressive bull market they were hoping for.</li><li>They achieved positive returns on their VLCC fleet, recording $42,300 per day, $45,700 per day on their Suezmax, and $42,900 per day on their LR2/Aframax fleet.</li><li>The strong performance of the Suezmax and LR2 markets led to higher TCNE rates which benefited their year-end earnings.</li></ul>

Frontline Ltd had a good financial performance in Q4 2023 even though they didn't witness the aggressive bull market they were hoping for.They achieved positive returns on their VLCC fleet, recording $42,300 per day, $45,700 per day on their Suezmax, and $42,900 per day on their LR2/Aframax fleet.The strong performance of the Suezmax and LR2 markets led to higher TCNE rates which benefited their year-end earnings.

Frontline Ltd.: Initiation Of Coverage - How Are They Impacted By The Rising Volatility & Firming Trends In The Market? - Major Drivers

Asia L/S Equity PM/Macro/Thematic Idea Generation

Rikki Malik

Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation Co. Ltd. (H) / Equity Bottom-Up

Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation Co. Ltd. (H)

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<li>All the business fundamentals continue to trend in the right direction</li>
<li>The sector has sold off with the general commodity sell-off</li>
<li>Investors not giving the benefit of the doubt to future oil demand</li>
</ul>


All the business fundamentals continue to trend in the right direction
The sector has sold off with the general commodity sell-off
Investors not giving the benefit of the doubt to future oil demand


Recent Sell-Off in Tanker Stocks Provides an Opportunity in Cosco Shipping Energy - 1138.HK

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>The SPX gapped-up to reverse its 1-month downtrend on 5/3/24, followed by another upside gap on 5/6/24, and yet another on 5/15/24 on the breakout to all-time highs</li>
<li>All of these gaps remain unfilled which signals upside power, a very bullish sign. These gaps at 5250-5263, 5127-5142, and 5073-5101 are now areas to expect short-term support, if tested.</li>
<li>Market dynamics remain healthy and the S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq 100, and DJI are all breaking out to new all-time highs, helping validate our bullish outlook.</li>
</ul>


The SPX gapped-up to reverse its 1-month downtrend on 5/3/24, followed by another upside gap on 5/6/24, and yet another on 5/15/24 on the breakout to all-time highs
All of these gaps remain unfilled which signals upside power, a very bullish sign. These gaps at 5250-5263, 5127-5142, and 5073-5101 are now areas to expect short-term support, if tested.
Market dynamics remain healthy and the S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq 100, and DJI are all breaking out to new all-time highs, helping validate our bullish outlook.


New All-Time Highs Validates Our Bullish Outlook; Risk-On Signals Abound. Buys in Aluminum, Shippers

<ul>
<li>The Supply/ Demand imbalance in tankers will persist for longer, supporting earnings</li>
<li>A beneficiary of increased global tensions and higher oil and gas prices</li>
<li>Proposed Stock option scheme incentives management in the right way</li>
</ul>


The Supply/ Demand imbalance in tankers will persist for longer, supporting earnings
A beneficiary of increased global tensions and higher oil and gas prices
Proposed Stock option scheme incentives management in the right way


Cosco Shipping Energy 1138.HK - Higher for Longer

Norway

Frontline PLC owns a fleet of very large crude carriers and tankers that transport crude oil and oil products between ports. The Company's vessels are managed by ship management companies. Frontline conducts activities worldwide.

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Frontline (FRO US)

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Baptista Research

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Baptista Research

Recent Sell-Off in Tanker Stocks Provides an Opportunity in Cosco Shipping Energy - 1138.HK

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Rikki Malik

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Vermilion Research

Cosco Shipping Energy 1138.HK - Higher for Longer

Tanker market imbalance to continue, boosting earnings; global tensions and higher prices benefit the company; stock option scheme incentivizes...

Rikki Malik

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Frontline Ltd.: Increase In Global Oil Demand & Other Pivotal Growth Drivers

Frontline management reported an impressive Q1 2024 during the earnings call due to the booming security situation in areas such as the Gulf of...

Baptista Research

Frontline Ltd.: Initiation Of Coverage - How Are They Impacted By The Rising Volatility & Firming Trends In The Market? - Major Drivers

Frontline Ltd had a good financial performance in Q4 2023 even though they didn't witness the aggressive bull market they were hoping for. They...

Baptista Research

Recent Sell-Off in Tanker Stocks Provides an Opportunity in Cosco Shipping Energy - 1138.HK

​Despite positive business fundamentals, the sector is being dragged down by a general commodity sell-off as investors remain skeptical about...

Rikki Malik

New All-Time Highs Validates Our Bullish Outlook; Risk-On Signals Abound. Buys in Aluminum, Shippers

New All-Time Highs Validates Our Bullish Outlook $SPX $QQQ $DJI; Risk-On Signals Abound. Three SPX upside gaps in May signals bulls firmly in...

Vermilion Research

Cosco Shipping Energy 1138.HK - Higher for Longer

​Tanker market imbalance to continue, boosting earnings; global tensions and higher prices benefit the company; stock option scheme incentivizes...

Rikki Malik

Despite positive business fundamentals, the sector is being dragged down by a general commodity sell-off as investors remain skeptical about...

Tanker market imbalance to continue, boosting earnings; global tensions and higher prices benefit the company; stock option scheme incentivizes...